Peter Miersch

Dr. Peter Miersch is a doctoral researcher at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), affiliated with the Department of Compound Environmental Risks (CER). His research focuses on applying causal inference methods to identify key drivers of floods in river basins, addressing the complexity of compounding events such as precipitation excess, snowmelt, and soil moisture conditions. He collaborates within the CausalFlood project with Dr. Jakob Zscheischler and Dr. Jakob Runge at the German Aerospace Center.

Education includes:

• 2018–2021: M.Sc. Physics at Leipzig University, with an exchange program at the University of São Paulo (2019–2020).
• 2014–2017: B.Sc. Physics at Leipzig University.

Peter’s research interests center on causal inference in environmental systems, particularly analyzing compound weather and climate events. He investigates flood forecasting techniques and integrates interpretable machine learning to advance hydrological modeling and observational data analysis. His interdisciplinary approach bridges theoretical causal frameworks with practical applications in environmental science.

No scientific awards are explicitly mentioned in the provided texts.

Grants and advising: Peter Miersch is involved in the CausalFlood project, supported by collaborative efforts with the German Aerospace Center. He has no formal advising roles or listed grants as part of his doctoral research, focusing primarily on completing his doctoral work under the guidance of Dr. Jakob Zscheischler and Dr. Jakob Runge.

Labs/teams: He is part of the compound weather and climate events research group led by Dr. Jakob Zscheischler and collaborates with Dr. Jakob Runge at the German Aerospace Center.